Validation of a clinical instrument for measuring the severity of acute bronchitis in children – the BSS-ped
- Background: There are no validated standardised clinical procedures for severity measurement of acute bronchitis in children. The "BSS-ped", a short version of the physician-rated assessment scale BSS (Bronchitis Severity Scale), can fill this gap, if it is valid. Objective: To examine the scale´s validity. Methods: Investigations were planned according to classical clinical-psychometric validity criteria including a formal competence evaluation of the scale´s authors and statistical analyses of data from 78 patients aged 1-6 and diagnosed with "acute bronchitis". Cross-validation was provided by analysis of data from 70 children with matching age, sex and diagnosis. All children were examined three times (day 0, 3-5 and 7) using the BSS-ped in addition to other clinical and psychometric monitoring procedures. Results: The evidently high level of expertise of the scale’s authors substantiates pronounced content validity and relevance of the BSS-ped and its items. The validity criterion, i.e. to reflect the unidimensional severity of acute bronchitis and its change using the BSS-ped score, was fulfilled. There were substantial correlations with other scales measuring the current health-related quality of life, as well as satisfaction and success of treatment. Severity change prognoses for acute bronchitis under placebo and an active substance were correct. The BSS-ped was found to be a feasible instrument because it can be repeated at short intervals (minute range) without any special technical aids or extended training. Conclusion: The BSS-ped is a valid procedure for measuring the severity of acute bronchitis in children.
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| Author: | Siegfried Lehrl, Peter KardosORCiDGND, Heinrich Matthys, Wolfgang Kamin |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-500866 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2174/1874306401812010050 |
| ISSN: | 1874-3064 |
| Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30505368 |
| Parent Title (English): | The open respiratory medicine journal |
| Publisher: | Bentham Open |
| Place of publication: | Sharjah [u. a.] |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2018 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2018/10/29 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2019/05/09 |
| Tag: | Acute bronchitis; Bronchitis severity scale; Clinical psychometry; Outcome assessment; Severity of illness index; Validation |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Page Number: | 17 |
| First Page: | 50 |
| Last Page: | 66 |
| Note: | Open-Access License: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Note: | Corrigendum erschienen in: The open respiratory medicine journal, 12.2018, S. 81-82, doi:10.2174/1874306401812010081 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 450552195 |
| Institutes: | Medizin / Medizin |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
